The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-29

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while
No, child"
Meanwhile Elsie had been engaged in
pennlng a dozen words or more upon a
large sheet OF Ietter-paper. and the fol-
lowing morning, side by side with the
well-known ''mulin and trumpet"
statement, appeared the following:
ga young lady, clever and well-edu-
Gated, desires at once a good morning
or daily engagement as governess.
Terms moderate. Excellent references.
Apply for particulars within"
GAN that advertising in the news
papers is only throwing money away"
unused Elsie. "IM manage things for
her a little better In this way, perhaps.
| shall never forget her miserably care.
worn face last evening""
Miss Josephine had, in a most mex
plicable way, won the woman's entire
sympathy, and also admiration, of Ell
sic. And yet the latter never seemed
to forget the difference in station that
ste considered still existed between her
favorlte and herself. She only knew
that the lawyers daughter was a very
model of sweet patience, and that she
and all at home were as poor as any
church-mouse.
"Oh, myP' exclaimed little Bob Ira
vers that morning, as the letters were
brought in. "What shoals of lettersl
What a lot of g%overnesses we shall
have, motherl l do declare if it won't
be Just like IN evening party"
Hold your tongue, BOIL" urged his
father, peremptorily. "Leave the
room.'
Letters of Importance had to be dis
cussed, most Of them bearing reference
to what Bob had termed the ''evening
party" Some applicants declared they
were experienced, because middle
aged. Others asserted that they were
young, and therefore generally regarded
as having an attractive way with chill
dren; which latter statement was yet
worse. The last described young ladies
would perhaps prove attractive in other
ways, and fall desperately In love with
the quiet bachelor--Uncle Fred. No.
that wouldn't do at all. and in a deci.
ded fit of ill-humor Bob's father threw
the entire batch of letters into the fire.
AS usual, when perturbed in mind,
mother" turned the current Of con
v~ersation by addressing Uncle Fred.
81 wish, when passing Janet Lisle's
to-day, you would ask for our maya
zines"
All was hurry-skurry, as usual, three
or four hours later on in the p~ost-ofice.
A variety Of small packages required
immediate weighing; and 1t was at this
very juncture that Uncle Fred placed
his foot upon the threshold. Some
thing had, however, just caught his
eye, and without more ado he beat a
hasty retreat-not, however, to a great
distance off.
"The very thingl' he calculated.
"Therel We have been hunting about
all this while-and to what purpose?
Particulars within.' Eh2 "TVhy, I'll
go in at once and inquire"
Uncle Fred was a widower, and had
therefore made his home of late years
with his sister Polly's family. Any
thing, he thought, was better than lly-
ing alone. He was rich too, and a
highly cultivated man, with a peculiar
faculty also for engaging in the per-
Torrance of kindly actions. Like the
rest of the family, however, he had only
lately come into the neighborhood.
"Wil you excuse my troubling you
about the notice in the wlndOwP"
Elsie started vislbly an instant. Yes,
of course. This was not the first occa-
sion upon which she had seen that
certainly striking face. Yesterday, of
| course, when he had sent off that regis
tered letter. But Elsie vas instantly |
all attention. Yes; she could tell him
all he required to know-and did SO;
and even as she spoke Elsie's eyes
| sparkled brightly and lovingly. She
was doing now what it rejoiced her
true womaR's heart to venture npon-
trying to help her favorite.
"And Miss Faleonbridge thought
that the young lady in question might
be fully relied upon in her guidance of
little chlIdrenpn he asked.
"Oh, dear mel Yes-Most GER
tainlv."
"You cM give me her addressp"
Elsie noted it down quickly upon a
slip of paper.
Before the end of that certainly
eventful day Miss Josephine was n
gagged as daily governess In the family
of Uncle Fred't sister, at the moderate
salary of two hundred dollars a year,
Some months nave passed away since
then. Kind Uncle Fred, that he ever
is, has Just appeared in the large, old
fashioned hall, and is assisting "Mlss
josephine" In, putting on her cloak,
previous to taking her departure for
nome. He and ''Sister Polly" also,
are both made Of good stuff, as folks
say and-Heayen bless them for It'll
only wish to make her feel at home
with them.
And for this reason, therefore, it
seems that Uncle Fred not only, on this
| special evening escorts her to the hall
door, but also a short distance on the
road towards home. AS he says, the
evening is so lovely, and the balmy,
out air will do him good. She is telling
him-why, she does not exactly know
something about their troubles at
home since ''dear father'' died. She
likes to talk of him even now, she says
whom they had lost, as is the fashion
with SO many people.
Uncle Fred quite understands her,
and agrees with her also and yet,
strange, perhaps, somewhat. ON his
part, he has lever once referred, in thus
chatting with her, to the one trouble
that has served 80 sadly to shadow his
own life. No; he only listens o her
own, it seems.
"In fact, you know" went on "Miss
Josephine" quite simply, ''he had not
a penny left in the house. 1t was too
dreadful, sir.n
She paused a moment; then went on,
In the least degree nervously:
"Shall l tell you what | didpn
"Yes."
~ advertised, then, in the county
paper-don't be shocked, please. At
amy rate, | did it for the best-whethsr
right or wrong, I don't quite know"
"Go on"
II merely said, then, that a widow
and her daughters-all born to better
things, asi it had seemed-were suddenly
thrown into the lowest depths of pow
%erty-and asked for help.
TTncla Fred pave a sort of slight